Germany: Privately published, 1968. A beautiful poster almost entirely devoted to reproducing one of Klein's "Bas-Relief" works done in his IKB color. Exhibition info at the bottom. Folded in eighths as issued, else fine (32.5" x 22.75"). A striking poster reproducing an image that epitomizes his work... More
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, 1973. Silkscreen poster reproducing a large monochrome yellow square on the left, with exhibition info on the right. Folded in eighths as issued, 1-inch tear and some creasing at intersection of one fold, else near fine (23.5" x 32.75"). More
[Paris: Privately published by the artist, 1957]. A single perforated postage stamp hand-painted with Klein's famous IKB (International Klein Blue) pigment. The stamps were originally created to use on invitations for his simultaneous 1957 exhibitions in Paris at the Gallerie Iris Clert and Gallerie Colette Allendy. Klein continued to produce..... More
LA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. Text printed in white and black against a red background. Couple of soft creases to top right corner, near fine (5.75" x 8.5"). More
LA: Ultima Books, 1969. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. A "case study of a girl's climax-to-climax search in a freaked-out nightmare of drugs and perversion!" Unlike most titles in the genre, this erotic hippie exploitation "study" has the distinction of having 5 full-page, b&w psychedelic photos of naked..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Shows the intertwined bodies of two fish-like mermaid creatures in white against a brown background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge..... More
Middletown, CA: Harbinger, 1968. After the demise of the San Francisco Oracle, several of the original Oracle staff moved to rural California, started a commune, and published this one issue of Harbinger. Produced in the multicolored, psychedelic style of the original San Francisco Oracle, it's filled with psychedelic art, and..... More
[Santa Fe]: Synergetic Press, [2010]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Foreword by John Barlow.Interviews and remiscenses with Leary, Metzner, Ram Dass, and others who were involved in the Harvard experiments, Millbrook, and the early days of the Psychedelic Revolution. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine, basically as new... More
[Garner Valley, CA]: The Botherhood of Eternal Love, ca. 1968. The card, in the shape of a butterfly, has the top of the butterfly's wings printed against a pink and purple background, the bottom of the wings feature stars in a nighttime sky. There is a hole punched through the..... More
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Inscribed by Leary to Helen Valdez, his first secretary who worked with him for 15 years: "To Helen, Thanx for your constant bubbling sense of humor. Love Tim Leary." A nice association since Valdez worked with Leary in Oakland at the Kaiser Foundation..... More
Berkeley: Psychological Consultation Services, ca. 1956. 4to. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. First edition. A form created by Leary for use in interpersonal diagnosis of personality. Reproduces one large Interpersonal Diagnostic Circle that Leary devised for measuring characteristics of personality (also prints eight smaller circles). One of..... More
[NY]: Beacon, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a naked woman with a sheet seductively draped around her while her beatnik lover stands in the background. "An uncensored novel of love among the beats, where every man does as he pleases---and every chick aims to please"..... More
SF: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, 1974. Twelve folding notecards featuring rare graphics of opium smokers and other drug images from the 19th Century and earlier. Fine in the original wrap-around band. More
NY: Boo-Hooray, n.d. LP record. First printing, with covers silkscreened in purple with classic Bardo Matrix skeleton motif. Limited to 500 copies. Previously unheard recordings by MacLise and Conrad from the MacLise tape archive. As new. More
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. An abstract design printed in red and light yellow. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. A lovely copy carefully removed from the magazine and left in its original state with the edges untrimmed leaving the publisher's staple holes..... More
No place: privately published, ca. 1973. 4to. The handbill is rubber stamped "Collage by Mankusi" [sic]. Fine. More
SF: Dadaland, 1973. The card lists members of the underground, dada, and surrealist art scenes past and present as participants, including more than a hundred names ranging from William Burroughs, to Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg, and Hugo Ball (though it's hard to imagine they all were included in the show)..... More
No place: privately published, 1974. 4to. Original photocopied sheet with rubber stamp. The handbill lettering and small bunny drawing was done by Mancusi (in the style of Ray Johnson) and rubber stamped "copyright Ray Johnson" (the stamp was made by Bay Area Dada). Fine. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1991]. Ownership signature, else fine in dust jacket with some slight fading to spine and edge of front panel. More
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 4to. Hardbound in paper-covered boards and cloth spine, issued in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Couple of minute specks to cover, else fine in acetate dust jacket with a 1-inch tear. More
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Printed in red and blue on white stock with a reproduction of the "Love, Lion, Lioness" poster. Fine. More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem, with the text reproducing the author's handwriting. First edition. Published by the Communication Company who issued several broadsides by Richard Brautigan and other poets, as well as various communiques from the Diggers and the Black Panthers. Very fine. Scarce... More
n.p.: Maya Quarto, [1969]. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 4 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1960]. A seminal collection edited by Don Allen and published by Grove Press in 1960. It was responsible for introducing Beat, New York School, and Black Mountain poets to a wider audience. 2 quarto pages stapled at the corner. Signed by Meltzer and Don Allen and dated 1958. Faint..... More
Japan: No publisher, no date. The cards are nicely printed and enclosed in a printed (in Japanese) envelope. Fine. More
